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I came across this fun article at HTMLGIANT cataloging the moves we contemporary poets like to make in our work. “This Is Not About Pears” was mentioned in #36 as an example of “Definition or description by negation” which, I admit, is something I do a lot of in my work. I guess if I Read More …
I have three poems in the first issue of Scythe, edited by Joe and Chenelle Milford of The Joe Milford Poetry Show. The poems are: “Red Crescent” from The Erotic Postulate; “Sitting in a WaWa Parking Lot” from Skin Shift; and “5th Avenue Stretch” from Impossible Gotham. This first issue features poets who have read Read More …
I’ve provided the “Celebrity Poet” prompt for the month of October over at Read Write Poem. It’s called “The Poetics of the Mash-Up” and uses two of my unpublished poems “Skin Game” and “The Alchemists Dissolve and Coagulate” to illustrate the concept. Go check it out!
I’ve read some great new books in recent weeks and wanted to highlight some of them. This post is dedicated to Charlie Jenson’s first full-length collection, The First Risk: The first thing that struck me about the collection is how unified it is, both within each sequence and across each sequence. The thematic arcs have Read More …
Justin Evans at Hobble Creek Review has nominated my poem “In the Shadow City…” for a Pushcart Prize. Thanks Justin!
Timothy Wright has reviewed Platos de Sal over at his blog. Here’s a preview: Hittinger’s beautifully clear style of writing suits the way in which the story of David/Juan and Mara/Rut unfolds in a bright but uncertain present full of longing, interspersed with the unclouded memories of the long-ago and more recent past. Platos de Read More …
A new poem “Sketch and Pentimento” from my Skin Shift project is included in the special Self-Portrait issue of the September 2009 Oranges & Sardines (Volume 2, Issue 6). The issue is packed with lots of great poets: Bob Hicok, Billy Collins, Grace Cavalieri, Andrew Demcak, Denise Duhamel, David Lehman, Marie-Elizabeth Mali, Paul Siegell, Emma Trelles, Nanette Read More …
I’ll be reading at the inSPIREd launch party Thursday, September 10th, 7:00pm at the Nightingale Lounge here in NYC. The party will celebrate the release of the new chapbook series from Spire, the inSPIREd Poetry Series, and will feature readings by some of their new authors including JoAnn Balingit, Alice Pettway and more TBA.
I missed this review Grady Harp did of the December 2008 MiPOesias back in July: Anytime readers get the opportunity to read the sophisticated and highly polished poetry of Matthew Hittinger is a delight. In this series of publications devoted to new poetry and articles analyzing and commenting on poetry with accompanying interviews with the Read More …
Just found out The Erotic Postulate was a semi-finalist for the 2009 Akron Poetry Prize. Congrats to Oliver de la Paz for his winning manuscript Requiem for the Orchard! You can read some of Oliver’s work in the first issue of the new journal The Collagist.